We don’t have to look too far these days for things that lighten our hearts a little. While the world may still be frightening and unpredictable, some people are doing good work and others are making it visible, while more are just being silly or cute and making us laugh.
Here are our favourite examples from social media this week:
A paramedic has found an innovative way to communicate with hard of hearing patients while wearing a face mask. pic.twitter.com/vGB6kIvTWp
— NursingNotes (@NursingNotesUK) July 17, 2020
It's not raining in London, Kent or Sussex, but our radar says otherwise…📡
The radar is actually picking up a swarm of #flyingants across the southeast 🐜
During the summer ants can take to the skies in a mass emergence usually on warm, humid and windless days #flyingantday pic.twitter.com/aMF6RxR943
— Met Office (@metoffice) July 17, 2020
Where you live shouldn't determine whether you live.
Any future #COVID19 vaccines must first be distributed to those who need them most, wherever they are in the world | @washingtonpost https://t.co/ZaaCRWLLCy
— Wellcome (@wellcometrust) July 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/Pandamoanimum/status/1283753313134149633
I love this https://t.co/bLB0DaUuSr
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) July 16, 2020
I've had enough of Matt Hancock bringing his ukelele to interviews pic.twitter.com/wDt2zguSzN
— Darren Dutton (@Darren_Dutton) July 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/TheFigen/status/1284571449165066241
I'm just going to leave this here: pic.twitter.com/QOtZwz5W4w
— Alex Nowak (@alex_nowak) July 19, 2020
Teeny tiny allotments #textileart #embroidery #allotment #garden pic.twitter.com/IM7Jwk5XnU
— Collette Kinley 🇺🇦 (@sewnbycollette) July 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/4TheCulture____/status/1284991384009744385
https://twitter.com/MaxFosterCNN/status/1283038124432662536
How to immigration policy pic.twitter.com/qxjmIXPZkL
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) July 15, 2020
Image credit: Roberto Milloch